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From individual to collective: Post‐return agency among internationally educated Mongolian graduates

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates how internationally educated Mongolian graduates pursue professional projects after returning to Mongolian higher education and how some of these projects develop from individual academic agency into collective action. It draws on semi‐structured interviews with 30 graduates trained in Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan,
Ariunaa Enkhtur
wiley   +1 more source

Book-embedded hair reveals mineral-rich diets among urban commoners in early modern to modern Japan. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Maruyama A, Kuwaki S, Kimura S, Sanada Y, Oikawa M, Futatsukawa S, Kohmatsu Y, Iriguchi A.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Socioeconomic status, parenting factors and academic achievement among Chinese adolescents aged 12–13: How do they relate?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Extensive research has shown that students from higher socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds generally outperform their lower SES peers. Nevertheless, some low SES students succeed, albeit it ‘against the odds.’ Coleman's (1988) theory of social capital in the family suggests that financial capital, human capital and social capital all affect
Fang Xu, Steve Strand
wiley   +1 more source

Income Distribution and Consumption Deprivation: An Analytical Link

, 2008
This article conceives poverty in terms of the consumption of essential food, makes use of a new deprivation (or poverty) function, and examines the effects of changes in the mean and the variance of the income distribution on poverty, assuming a log ...
Mallick, Sushanta K.
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Cultivating Collaboration in BioMolViz: Key Attributes for Building a STEM Educator Community of Practice

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT BioMolViz is an educational community of practice (CoP) focused on creating resources to improve biomolecular visual literacy instruction and assessment. The community of life science instructors developed in three phases, beginning with a small Core Team that emerged from a conference session and established the domain of interest for the CoP.
Pamela S. Mertz, Charmita Burch, Roderico Acevedo, Josh T. Beckham, Didem Vardar‐Ulu, Kristin M. Fox, Lauren A. Genova, Rachel M. Mitton‐Fry, Swati Agrawal, Daniel R. Dries, Kristen Procko   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cumulative access to print books improves literacy achievement: Evidence from a five-year randomized trial in high-poverty schools. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Borman GD, Yang H.
europepmc   +1 more source

What drives animal responses to high severity fire? The role of functional traits

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fire regimes are changing worldwide, with increases in the frequency, extent, and severity of fires posing growing risks to biodiversity. Fire severity – the degree of habitat alteration following fire – strongly influences both immediate survival and long‐term recovery of fauna.
Grace A. Vielleux, Trent D. Penman, Victoria A. Reynolds, Matthew H. Swan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender distribution in membership, leadership, and conference participation in the Japanese Society for Hypothalamic and Pituitary Tumors. [PDF]

Endocr J
Inoshita N, Makita N, Matsuo T, Taniguchi M, Suga H, Fukuoka H, Nishioka H.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Deregulating the Principle of Distribution

, 1992
In this article the author questions the proposition that an ‘invisible hand’ leads to an equitable income distribution. He asserts that competition encourages economic growth but only under specific circumstances. He suggests that inherent in capitalism’
Brenner, Y. S.
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Food‐solicitation displays in nestling birds: still begging for answers

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nestling begging is a key model for understanding animal communication and parent–offspring conflict. Dynamic begging displays are often interpreted as costly, honest signals of need, with honesty maintained by viability costs, as proposed in Godfray's influential signalling model.
Daniel Parejo‐Pulido, Tomás Redondo
wiley   +1 more source